Navistar Agrees to Pay $52 Million and Reduce Air Pollution in a Settlement With the U.S. Government
Truck maker Navistar will pay $52 million and take actions that will reduce future air pollution by 10,000 tons as part of a government settlement over alleged illegal emissions from the company’s diesel engines, according to a settlement filed in federal court in Chicago Monday.
U.S. prosecutors filed suit in 2015 alleging that the Lisle-based company violated the federal Clean Air Act when it sold heavy-duty engines five years earlier that did not meet government emissions standards and were not certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
“Clean air laws exist for a reason — to protect the public,” said Brian Urbaszewski, director of environmental health programs for the advocacy organization Respiratory Health Association in Chicago. “This is an appropriate restitution and compliance as part of the settlement.”
